The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines ...

The easiest way to embed age verification into a phone is to see if the user can actually make or receive a phone call.

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals overruled a decision by a federal district judge to block the 2024 law from going into effect.

In Louisiana, for instance, a bill passed committee which would require Google and Apple to verify the age of users and confirm parental consent for anyone under age 18, which would alleviate app ...

Age verification laws are still a legal gray zone in the U.S., but they’re starting to take shape. As of now, 18 states have passed legislation requiring pornography sites to verify users’ ages.

The trade organization, whose members include Meta, Amazon, Google and others, note that this will be the first case to reach ...

PlayAI announced a strategic partnership with Reality Defender in April enabling the latter to train its tools on data generated from PlayAI’s voice models.

NetChoice asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a Fifth Circuit order that allows Mississippi to enforce an online ...

A federal judge in 2024 temporarily blocked Utah's first-in-the-nation law requiring social media companies to check the ages of all users and place restrictions on accounts belonging to minors.

Business Meta hosts Screen Smart event highlighting age-verification reforms Industry experts talk to Nashville parents about social media safety Julianne Akers Jun 12, 2025 Photo: Julianne Akers ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee praised his state for passing legislation requiring age verification for app stores like Google and Apple, the first state in the country to do so.

The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines on the line as states rapidly pass conflicting laws requiring companies to ...